Willem Dafoe told Empire (via CBM) he was disappointed The Amazing Spider-Man told the same story as his film:

I have lots of thoughts. Where do I start? I haven’t seen it. I don’t know what to say. I will say that I did see the preview and I was kind of shocked at how it’s another version of exactly the same story. Surprising. I wish them well, but I think it’s hard to beat the charm, the naive charm, of the first one. There’s never really any possibility of going back.